Saturday, May 9, 2009

Hobbits are 2 in 1 POOP ruse

Scientists have found more evidence that the Indonesian "Hobbit"skeletons belong to a new species of human - and not modern pygmies.

The one metre (3ft) tall, 30kg (65lbs) humans roamed the Indonesianisland of Fl.ores (ruse), perhaps up to 8,000 years ago.

Since the discovery, researchers have argued vehemently as to theidentity of these diminutive people.

Two papers in the journal Nature now support the idea they were anentirely new species of human.

The team, which discovered the tiny remains in Liang Bua cave on Flores,contends that the population belongs to the species Homo floresiensis -separate from our own grouping Homo sapiens .

They argue that the "Hobbits" are descended from a prehistoric speciesof human - perhaps Homo erectus - which reached island South-East Asiamore than a million years ago.

Over many years, their bodies most likely evolved to be smaller in size,through a natural selection process called island dwarfing, claim thediscoverers, and many other scientists.

However, some researchers argued that this could not account for theHobbit's chimp-sized brain of almost 400 cubic cm - a third the size ofthe modern human brain.

Disease theory

This was a puzzle, they said, because the individuals seem to havecrafted complex stone tools.

They said the Hobbits were probably part of a group of modern humanswith abnormally small brains.

One team led by William Jungers from Stony Brook University in the USanalysed remains of the Hobbit foot.

They found that, in some ways, it is incredibly human. The big toe isaligned with the others and the joints make it possible to extend thetoes as the body's full weight falls on the foot, attributes not foundin great apes.

But in other respects, it is incredibly primitive. It is far longer thanits modern human equivalent, and equipped with a very small big toe,long, curved lateral toes, and a weight-bearing structure that resemblesthat of a chimpanzee.

So unless the Flores Hobbits became more primitive over time - a ratherunlikely scenario - they must have branched off the human line at aneven earlier date.

In another study, Eleanor Weston and Adrian Lister of London's NaturalHistory Museum looked at fossils of several species of ancient hippos.They then compared those found on the island of Madagascar with themainland ancestors from which they evolved.

"It could be that H. floresiensis' skull is that of a Homo erectus thathas become dwarfed from living on an island, rather than being anabnormal individual or separately-evolved species, as has beensuggested," said Dr Weston, a palaeontologist at the museum.

"Looking at pygmy hippos in Madagascar, which possess exceptionallysmall brains for their size, suggests that the same could be true for H.floresiensis , and that (it could be) the result of being isolated onthe island."

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